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Abstract

The motivation behind having brilliance as a focus for
a project in healthcare is about trying to understand
it, and from that, trying to find ways of spreading
such understanding widely so that brilliance is more
pervasive in health services. One member of the team
commented that they had been referred to as running a
brilliant team, and responded ‘that if that was the case,
how bad must the rest have been?’ Sometimes it is not
easy to see brilliance in what we do, let alone measure
it, but on reflection we can remember times when the
teamwork was just right, although we did not know it at
the time, but now see it as having been a special time.
Hugh B MacLeod of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute
(CPSI) has been pivotal in inspiring this work, and some
of his input is outlined. This paper describes more of
the background and motivation behind the project as
well as some of the potential ways in which the Health
Management Research Alliance (HMRA) is investigating
and going about this project.